The Atlantic Division-champion Seminoles led the league in all four major defensive stat categories, and Hopkins became the all-time NCAA career scoring leader among kickers this season and led the league with 58 extra points and 24 field goals.

Quarterback Tajh Boyd, running back Andre Ellington and receiver DeAndre Hopkins were Clemson's skill players on the first team. They were joined by tackle Brandon Thomas, center Dalton Freeman and tight end Brandon Ford.

Boyd led the ACC with 34 touchdown passes while Hopkins had league-bests of 16 total TD catches and an average of 104 yards receiving for the conference's best offense.

Nine teams had at least one first-team selection.

There were no unanimous picks to the first team, but North Carolina running back Gio Bernard was chosen as a first-teamer on 45 of 46 ballots.

Bernard, who had an ACC-leading 1,228 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns on the ground, joins Boyd as repeat first-team selections.

Bernard, a punt returner who also was picked as the first-team specialist, was joined by guard Jonathan Cooper — the Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner as the league's top offensive lineman — plus linebacker Kevin Reddick and defensive tackle Sylvester Williams.

Offensive guard Omoregie Uzzi was the only player from Georgia Tech on the first team. The Yellow Jackets will play Florida State on Saturday night in the ACC championship game.

Boston College (receiver Alex Amidon and linebacker Nick Clancy), Virginia (offensive tackle Oday Aboushi and linebacker Steve Greer) and Duke (cornerback Ross Cockrell and punter Will Monday) were the only other schools with multiple first-team picks.

Miami's Duke Johnson was the lone Hurricane honored, earning running back and specialist honors on the second-team offense.

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The 2012 all-Atlantic Coast Conference football team, as determined by a vote of 46 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association, with voting results in parenthesis. A first-team vote is worth two points and second-team vote is worth one.

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

QB: Tajh Boyd, Clemson (86)

RB: Gio Bernard, North Carolina (91)

RB: Andre Ellington, Clemson (77)

WR: DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson (80)

WR: Alex Amidon, Boston College (53)

OT: Oday Aboushi, Virginia (53)

OT: Brandon Thomas, Clemson (51)

OG: Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina (79)

OG: Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech (64)

C: Dalton Freeman, Clemson (78)

TE: Brandon Ford, Clemson (54)

K: Dustin Hopkins, Florida State (79)

SPEC.: Gio Bernard, North Carolina (48)

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

DE: Bjoern Werner, Florida State (89)

DE: Cornellius Carradine, Florida State (77)

DT: Joe Vellano, Maryland (80)

DT: Sylvester Williams, North Carolina (63)

LB: Nick Clancy, Boston College (66)

LB: Kevin Reddick, North Carolina (65)

LB: Steve Greer, Virginia (58)

CB: Xavier Rhodes, Florida State (66)

CB: Ross Cockrell, Duke (50)

S: Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State (59)

S: Earl Wolff, NC State (46)

P: Will Monday, Duke (73)

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

QB: EJ Manuel, Florida State (25)

RB: Duke Johnson, Miami (47)

RB: Chris Thompson, Florida State (31)

WR: Conner Vernon, Duke (51)

WR: Michael Campanaro, Wake Forest (32)

OT: James Hurst, North Carolina (50)

OT*:Cameron Erving, Florida State (21)

OT*: Emmett Cleary, Boston College (21)

OG: Tre' Jackson, Florida State (26)

OG: R.J. Matttes, NC State (24)

C: Bryan Stork, Florida State (19)

TE: Eric Ebron, North Carolina (51)

K*: Chandler Catanzaro, Clemson (22)

K*: Casey Barth, North Carolina (22)

SPEC.: Duke Johnson, Miami (44)

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

DE: James Gayle, Virginia Tech (30)

DE: Kareem Martin, North Carolina (22)

DT: Everett Dawkins, Florida State (34)

DT: Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest (24)

LB: Demetrius Hartsfield, Maryland (34)

LB: Christian Jones, Florida State (31)

LB: Jack Tyler Virginia Tech (28)

CB: David Amerson, NC State (46)

CB: Antone Exum, Virginia Tech (44)

S: Rashard Hall, Clemson (43)

S: Walt Canty, Duke (31)

P: Tommy Hibbard, North Carolina (40)

* — tie

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